OpenMRS Inc.
- Michael Downey
- Grace Potma
- Jennifer Antilla
What is OpenMRS Inc?
OpenMRS Inc. (from now on "the Inc.") is a United States-based, Indiana non-profit corporation that represents the OpenMRS project in legal and financial matters.
The organization's purpose is to support the OpenMRS community in its mission to improve health care delivery in resource-constrained environments, including developing countries; and working with and coordinating a global community to create and support software to manage medical records and other health care systems in developing countries and to resource-constrained environments.
The Inc. aids in creating and distributing OpenMRS by securing cash, hardware, and other donations, then using donations to aid OpenMRS development and promotion.
The organization was originally founded as OpenMRS, LLC, to create a legal entity capable of representing the OpenMRS project. The growing popularity of OpenMRS also made it necessary to establish a thin organizational layer that is capable of handling all legal and financial interests of the OpenMRS community process.
In 2012 OpenMRS Inc. was registered as non-profit corporation under Indiana law. It formally received it's federal designation on March 7th, 2014.
What is the relationship between OpenMRS Inc. and OpenMRS LLC?
OpenMRS Inc. is the legal name for the non-profit entity chartered to support the OpenMRS community. OpenMRS LLC was the owner of the OpenMRS registered trademark and the project's copyrighted material, as well as the maintainer of the OpenMRS Public License. Once OpenMRS Inc. received its tax-exempt designation from the US Internal Revenue Service, OpenMRS LLC management was transferred OpenMRS Inc. OpenMRS LLC was administratively dissolved and OpenMRS Inc. now retains these assets.
What we do
OpenMRS Inc's primary purpose is to support OpenMRS. OpenMRS is a community of developers, translators, writers and users. The Inc. supports the community through the following long-term activities:
The Inc. holds property for the good of the entire community. This property includes the OpenMRS trademarks, hardware and networking equipment and cash money.
Makes the property available to individual contributors as needed in order to support OpenMRS. This includes subsidizing events, purchasing individual hardware/infrastructure and offsetting other costs.
Organizes events including code sprints, hackathons, developer meetings and the yearly OpenMRS Implementers Meeting.
Approaches sponsors and supporting members for resources in order to carry out these activities.
How we do it
Board of Directors
At the 2010 Implementers Meeting in Cape Town, Paul Biondich announced the transition of OpenMRS, LLC into a non-profit organization. A vital element to establish the organization is to form the Board of Directors. The Board will provide guidance for the organization and ensure that we adhere to the mission, vision, and values of OpenMRS. One seat on the Board will always be filled by an elected individual from the OpenMRS implementer community. OpenMRS implementers are characterized by their involvement in the implementer community such as active participation in the mailing lists, meeting attendance, and direct implementation experience on the ground in health care settings. The elected individual will represent the community’s voice on the Board and in the future of the organization.
Current board members
Appointed Directors | Term to Expire |
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Jan Flowers, Chair | December 31, 2024 |
December 31, 2024 | |
December 31, 2024 | |
January 31, 2024 | |
Steve Wanyee | January 31, 2024 |
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At-Large Directors | Term to Expire |
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Gibril Gomez, Community Representative | January 31, 2024 |
Responsibilities of the OpenMRS Board of Directors
Assure OpenMRS adheres to its mission, vision, and values
Determine and monitor the organization’s programs, services, and effectiveness
Hold the organization accountable to make its plans in advance
Ensure the organization creates a financial sustainability plan
Review and approve annual budgets
Support and review the performance of the executive director
Represent OpenMRS to the public for both collaborative opportunities and financial support
Additional responsibilities of the community board member
Represent the OpenMRS Implementer Community's perspective to the Board of Directors
Provide real-world experience of using OpenMRS in a production environment
2021 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
Thursday, May 6 2:30pm UTC | 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST
Thursday, July 1 or 15 2:30pm UTC | 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST
Thursday, Sept 2 2:30pm UTC | 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST
Thursday, Nov 4 2:30pm UTC | 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST
Thursday, Dec 16 3:30pm UTC | 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST
Much of the above text was adapted from the KDE e.V. web site.
Organizational documents
State of Indiana
OpenMRS Inc. is a United States-based, Indiana non-profit corporation that represents the OpenMRS project in legal and financial matters.
United States (Internal Revenue Service)
Additional Info
Written consent in lieu of organizational meeting (Bailey, Baker, Blaya, Khan, Tierney)
Bylaws of OpenMRS1, Limited
Conflict of interest disclosure
Amended and restated articles of incorporation